Three Wave Teatowel Set by Cambridge Imprint

Cambridge Imprint is a design partnership of painter Claerwen James, textile artist Jane Powell and ceramicist Ali Murphy. We use simple hand-stencilled screen-printing to create our original designs, and spot-colour lithography to replicate that studio process in manufacturing the final paper product. The result is a matte paper of unparalleled intensity and clarity of colour.

Our influences are eclectic, but it has often been noted that our patterns have a particularly English quality, with a palette that is both sober and exuberant. We export paper all over the world, even to Kyoto in Japan, probably the world capital of beautiful patterned paper: an indication that we’re producing something with a very distinctive flavour. At recent design awards Katie Law of the Evening Standard called us ‘wholly original’ and ‘trend-free’.

"We are evangelists for paper and the wonderful versatility of this ancient material."

A set of three Wave teatowels in harmonising Deep Indigo, Washed Indigo and Storm Grey.

Our utilitarian but pretty tea towels are printed and sewn in Suffolk. They are made of soft, absorbent, 100% unbleached cotton, with a hanging loop stitched into one corner. They measure 45 x 75 cm.